Red-hot line-ups in Zurich

Dina Asher-Smith, Mariya Lasitskene and Karsten Warholm in action as Swiss city’s Weltklasse meeting stages first part of this year’s Diamond League finals on Thursday

It’s been a memorable Diamond League season with superb meetings in Doha, Shanghai, Eugene and Rome back in May, action-packed events in Oslo, Stockholm and Paris in June, followed by more world-class performances in Lausanne, Rabat, Monaco and London in July. Then, of course, Birmingham staged the 12th event of the year earlier this month.

Now, the series reaches its climax in the first of two Diamond League finals in Zurich on August 30, while the Belgian city of Brussels holds the second final on August 31.

The 2018 Diamond League champions will be decided in a dramatic championships-style winner-take-all format with the leading athletes invited to fight it out for the Diamond Trophy and a $50,000 winner’s cash prize.

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